Columbi 0 Grafonola and Columbia Records In AEE ETE CHINESE LEARNING TO LIKE THE GAMES Now Taking Exercise With New Conception of Value of Athletics. Until a decade ago the . idea in China that men, especially of the up- per class, might profitably indulge in THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1917. il any form of athletics at all was un- thoaght of. Exercise was a degrading action, people said, to be abhorred, unless it was necessary to earn one's bread This idea still prevails in the inner and remote regions of the republic, but 'in Pekin and the other 'large J| cities 'an entirely new conception of fl athletics has recently arisen. ll! Chinese really found out You Will Instantly Feel at Home in Our Store You will find the buying of a phonograph a most enjoyable ex- perience. because our every endeavor is to make you know the Columbia Grafonola as intimately and as thoroughly as we know it. a We will put you in possession of facts you ought to know. Facts about reproduction of sound. - Facts that explain Columbia Grafonola's purity of rane and facts about exclusive Columbia tone-Jeaves. We feel quite sure that if you knew all about the Columbia you would not permit another day to pass by without having onc in your home. TREADGOLDS (7) We have the largest assortment of records in Kingston -- For all makes of machines. ---- TREADGOLD Sporting Goods Co, 88 Princess St. Phone 529 TRY 5c. Poet Cigar 5c. w au Look for Silk Thread on Tip of Each Cigar, S. OBERNDORFFER, Maker, Kingston, Boots Ea China ll! popular with the Chinese. Abont ization A. N the seven years ago an organ. was. formed in Pekin, with Hoagland, the famous end of 1906 . Princeton team, athletic fil! director of the Princeton Centre, in Pekin, as its founder. For a year this isolated athletic association had a hard row to hoe, but as soon as the what ath- letic sports were they jumped at the opporfenity to learn more, and inside of two years this club had grown into the North China Athletic League, and shortly thereafter it_was influential in promoting.the ry ol Far-East- Il ern Olympic games, with four Asiatie nations competing. Since then these Olympic games have been held once every two years, Japan, Philippines and China each having won one contest. In addition to this a Chinese national meet is held: every two years, and a North meet 'annGally. Tle records made by the athletes are .often ex- | tremely good, and, on the whole, of- ten compare favorably with those of Americans. Princeton is the dominating Am- erican university in Pekin. Owing to the fact that the Princeton Centre, the Y.M.C.A. of Pekin is situated there, it has been a gathering place for Princeton men. for seventeen years. . Big Bob Gailey, all-American |} centre in 1907, is at the head of the Princeton Centre; Hoaglandis ath- letic director; Heyniger, 1916, the shot-putting giant, has just spent a year there, and this year only the war prevented the coming of Bill Moore, captain of the track team and foot- ball star, and a couple more of Princeton's beth athletes. With a personnel such as this, the way was made easier to show the Chinese the meaning of clean sport. Intercollegiate events were éestab- lished, football being the favorite sport. - Tennis, basketball and vol- leyball championships are also com- peted for, baseball not being: over- Inciden- tally, the yellow men are excellent swimmers. $ The similarity between the inter- collegiate sports here and in America is becoming more real every - day. World MOST OF THE GIANTS IMMUNE FROM DRAFT Mitchell's Reinforced Cubs May Not be Favorites For 1918 Flag. In spite of the acquisition of Pitch- er Grover Cleveland Alexander and Catcher William Killifer by the Chi- | Of Sport TRICK PITCHING IS NEAR THE FINISH Majors and Minors Legislate Against Emery and Other Unfair Deliveries. After several years of agitation, all kinds of trick pitching in baseball are at last. doomed. The recent action of cago Cubs, it is likely the Netw York {the American Association is abuolish- Giants will go fo the post at the start! Ing the moist pall, the licorice ball, | of the baseball season of 1918 favor-{ emory ball, the shine ball, and all | § ed to win the championship. The] other sorts of mysterious flinging is | Giants are what has come to be the first step t&ward fair tactics on known as an old club in baseball. | the mound, which in a Tew seasons | Because of this it is improbable that! will eventually result in the disap- 13 We wish our patrons and all a happy and prosperous 1918. 167 Princess Street. by the ndtional.army draft i The majority of the players are! mirried and have famthies dependent | upon them for support, and not a few of them are more than the stipu- lated thirty-one years of age. ' Fur-| thermore, it of those who are more than the! draft age or who have families "to support have tried to enlist and hav i been rejected because of physical dis- ability, : This may sound strange. To see the athletes on the ball field it may appear-to the layman that they are shysically perfect and could pass any physical test that migh be pre- scribed by the Government, but the fact remains several of them have heen rejected. YEARS REST LIGHTLY ON VETERAN WALKER Edward Payson Weston Pas- is known that several|®Wway the team will be materially affected | pearance of the practice in the ma- | jor leagues. The big leagues havesbeen at a loss | to know just how te go about putting a stop to the practice. The National ! League had nractically decided to do with the trick pitehing, but! several of the managers believed that it would be unfair to prohibit pitch- | ers suddenly to stop using a style] of pitching which they had taken a| long time to develop, as it would re-| | quire some time for them to develop) another style. It was suggested that| they give -a two. or three geason! warning of the 'elimination "of the| moist ball and allow the practice to diminish gradually. | Then some one hit upan the happy | idea of prohibiting the moist ball in | tlie minor' leagues, so -that by the] time the new crop of pitchers reachgs the majors none Qf them will be us-| ing 'the waet pellet. This was con- | sidered th fairest way to abolish the | practice and now all the minor lea-| OVERCOATS Large Stock to Choose From. $15 to $28 JOHN TWEDDELL Civil & Military Tailor, 131 Princess St. One Door Below Randolph. = ample set by the American Associa- tion. ses 78th 'Milestone--*Ped"' Long-lived. ques will be asked to follow the ox | J ------ MONUMENTS Importers of Scotch and American Granites, Vermont Marble. The McCallum Granite Company, Ltd. 897 Princess Street. Telephone 1031. ) Still hale and hearty and not-at all doubtful but that he is younger in spirit than many who are younger in years, Edward Payson Wesion, the noted pedestrian, is celebrating his 78th birthday in New York. Weston was born in Portland, Maine, Decem ber 18th, 1839, and his transconti- nental pedestrian feats performed when he was past the three score and fen mark furnish added proof of the! virtues of 'walking in preserving | health and vigor. Thirty, and forty years ago pedes- trianism was among the most popu- lar of 'sports, both amateur and pro- fessional, 'and the great walking matches in American and English | cities aroused wide enthusiasm. Most | of the famous professional pedes- trians of that period attained ripe old age, and not a few of them are still living--and walking. Dan O'Leary, next to Weston, the most famous of the old school, still claims some of the heel #nd toe re- cords of the world. He is now 75 years of age. O'Leary, since he com- menced, his professional career in 1867, has walked over 11,000 miles in England. France, Ireland, Aus- tria, Canada and the United States. Christmas? It Year's Gift. Athletes are taken as much care of here as at Princeton or Yale; with their rubbers and trainers and spec- fal food, and men stand a better chance of being popular men in their schools if they are afhletes in Ohina, just as the case is in America. The interest of the general public is not so great; there are no large grand stands and no professional problem. The Chinese seem to play more for } the real sport of the game than for the sake of victory. Professional coaches are the rule, but they do not command nearly such large salaries as their brothers in the States. Most eof-them, of course, are in China because of missionary zeal, and not because they are anxious to make money. They are interested more in teaching the Chinese the benefits to be gained from athletics, moral and mental, as well as physi- cal, than in making a mame for them- selves. Though professional in real- ity, the spirit of all coaching in China is that of the amateur. America has much to learn in this connection from the Chinese. There is no doubt that athletics is one of the great "democratizing forces in China, and when the new China comes one of the most im- portant reasons for its arrival, no one will be able to deny, will be the stern lessons which have been taught by clean sportsmanship and: friendly rivalry in athletics. Need of Strengthening. The National Hockey League is running along'smoothly, but all three teams need strengthening if they are going - to cope with the Canadiens. The latter have the strongest aggre- gation that ever represented them in hockey. Look them over. Vezina in-goal has no peer. There is no bet- ter defence player in the game than Corbeau, while in Lalonde and Joe Malone they possess two of the best scorers in professional ranks. Then there is Pitre and Laviolette, two S|great speed merchants. True, they Now is the time to enjoy good healthy: exercise. Let us help you fix up the skating outfit with a good pair of Hocke§ Boots. Men's Hockey Boots, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00 Boys' Hockey Boots, $2.50, $3, and $4.00. Women's Hockey Boots, $2.50 and $3.00. Youths' Hockey Boots, $2.50. : 1H Sutherland & Bro. § may be getting slightly aged, but they still possess speed enough to make a Jot of the young fellows go dizzy trying to keep up to them. 3 Boston Hockeyists Not Shackers. The athletic committee of the Bos- ton Athletic Association has voted a team on the ice since || 1810, and last year won the amateur | sectional championsh ment said: "Every athlete belonging to our || club is enlisted in the country's ser- || vice, and we believe our members should compete in athletic events for | whatever department of service they || are enlisted under." Picton Has Good Team. fine ers is grouped in the O.H.A. Cobourg, Whitby and Oshawa. on ith " given out by the committee | 'Picton Junior Hockey Club has a | Have you forgotten someone this * him a box of "Bachelors" for a New "The National Smoke" Eighteen million "Bachelors" sold annually in Canada. 8 & \) MY is not too late to send 2 We Do As We Advertise The Price Cutting Knife Cuts to the Heart in This Great Sale Our winter clearance sale commences Saturday, December 29th. "This is a sale that will whet bargain appetites to a keen edge. The event this year is unique. The quality is fully guaranteed. We believe in the profit sharing basis. Hundreds of our pleased custom- ers tell us how we are criticized by those who do not know. We only feel deeply for them. Reason is a great food for thought! We started to reason when we first came here two years ago, to see if our great buying power, our untiring efforts couldn't help the small-salaried man. We found it very, successful and we are open to criticism. 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